Senior Project Manager- Contractor

About the Company:

Stable Kernel is a technology services firm and custom software developer building scalable software solutions for cutting-edge, innovative enterprises to move their business forward. We are headquartered in Atlanta, GA. 

We’re a privately held, Great Place to Work Certified Company™ with a multi-award-winning culture and impressive 10+ year trajectory of sustainable growth. At Stable Kernel, we support our employees in ways that help them do some of the best work of their lives.

 

About the Role:

As a Stable Kernel Senior Project Manager, you play an essential role in setting our portfolio of world-class clients up for success through the on-time and on-budget development and delivery of their most innovative, transformational initiatives. You are equal parts delivery expert and trusted advisor to internal and external project stakeholders. Your positivity, candor, and effectiveness make you the Project Manager that clients request to have assigned to their projects time and again.

You are a true partner to our sales, strategy, technical, and client services professionals and collaborate with them throughout the client life cycle to ensure outstanding work, documentation, and customer experiences.

Senior Project Managers report directly to our VP of Operations or a Principal Project Manager.

 

Core Responsibilities Include:

• Technical Impact: 
• Designing and implementing solutions with an eye to the growth of the product and team, improving the speed of future work, and preserving optionality without unnecessary complications.
• Providing expert feedback that improves the overall delivery of work and defending the work against compromise and corner-cutting by having the final say in Agile processes.
• Using advanced level capabilities and supporting team members by crafting reusable solutions within the existing toolset, using tools to optimize team performance and health, and coaching others in the use of tools.
• Understanding, at a fundamental level, web technologies (e.g., APIs, cloud infrastructure, basic web architectures, native vs cross-platform mobile solutions, data structures, and databases).
• Business Alignment: 
• Understanding the client's business and goals and using them to improve the definition of teams’ projects.
• Identifying opportunities to provide additional value for our clients by suggesting and delivering improvements based on observations.
• Facilitating team conversations around the estimation of work that clearly identifies gaps, risks, and assumptions.
• Understanding Agile best practices and anti-patterns
• Demonstrating the ability to manage scaled projects or programs and lead Agile engagements of different types (e.g., scrum, kanban, blended agile/fixed scope-fixed fee)
• Understanding of IT Service Management concepts (e.g., problem-incident-change management).
• Understanding SK’s service offerings, leading to identifying potential new opportunities with the client and engaging them in next steps.
• Interacting with Others: 
• Coordinating with people outside your team, including product and design leadership.
• Influencing the roadmaps of other teams, especially to get work prioritized that’s required for your own team.
• Providing health status reports across multiple departments, ranging in detail up to executive level summaries, depending on the audience
• Autonomy & Ambiguity: 
• Listening to client needs and expectations to determine the right approach for the work. 
• Leading the effort of developing project plans, statements of work, and staffing plans.
• Incorporating team feedback to refine the approach and methodologies used.
• Determining the most effective way to break down work across the team.
• Considering and planning around cross-team dependencies. 
• Showcasing a strong organizational skillset, empowering effective prioritization of challenges and solutions.
• Succeeding with ambiguity and helping the team navigate through complexities by being able to plan, structure, and execute comprehensive solutions without much input.
• Problem-Solving:
• Providing creative problem-solving techniques for both internal and client issues. 
• Creating the shortest route to a solution by understanding who the subject matter experts are.
• Collecting and analyzing information to make the best decision.
• Anticipating, recognizing, and mitigating risks to prevent potential roadblocks. 
• Escalating issues and bringing recommended solutions to the table.
• Leadership:
• Taking ownership and contributing to process improvements that positively impact the work being done.
• Determining the best approaches to implement on each engagement. 
• Mentoring junior and intermediate colleagues by helping them grow professionally.
• Setting a positive example by using our company values and imperatives as a north star.
• Providing regular constructive feedback.
• Resolving conflicts.
• Guiding less experienced colleagues through complex projects.
• Leading team learning sessions.
• Leading a large-scale program or multiple projects
• Demonstrating strong project management skills, including planning, delegating, and monitoring progress. 
• Making critical decisions and driving projects to successful completion.
• Representing the team in client conversations.

 

Intimate, Working Familiarity With:

• Experience with collaboration tools such as Microsoft Teams, Azure DevOps, Figma, and SharePoint.
• Experience with Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with project budget and time-tracking tools, such as Kantata.
• Experience with project schedule and planning tools such as Workfront.
• Familiarity with GitHub. 

 

General Requirements:

• 5-8 years of experience in consulting, professional services, or similar services-based organizations.
• Experience with project management on mobile, web and/or backend solutions.
• Experience with different project structures, including traditional, hybrid, and agile.
• Has CSM (Certified Scrum Master), CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner), or similar Agile Project Management certifications.
• Proven track record of maintaining and growing key accounts.
• Exceptional communication skills, including client negotiation. 
• Experience writing business requirements documents.

 

A Bit More Info:

Minimum Base Compensation Range: $ 60 per hour

This is a contract position.

Contract duration: September 29, 2025 to February 20, 2026 

Stable Kernel operates a People Before Place Hybrid model, allowing most employees to choose where they can do their best work most days.

Minimal travel is associated with this role.

 

*Note – We are not sponsoring employment visas at this time. If you are currently in possession of an employment visa, it will need to be effective for at least 3 years from the date of your application for your candidacy for employment to be considered.

 

Stable Kernel’s culture is inclusive and expansive. We celebrate diversity in its many glorious forms and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender role orientation, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

However, we will discriminate against those unwilling to comply with the practice of our company values:

• we work with integrity always
• we respect our work and each other
• we are dedicated to life-long learning and sharing
• we stay hungry for new challenges

If you are like-minded in this regard, we hope you will apply. We look forward to meeting you.